Pigskin Potpourri, Week 13

We called it here. And here. Tech crumbled like finely aged feta cheese in Norman. Mike Leach's gunslingin', no-defense squad has officially become this year's version of the 2007 Mizzou Tigers. A Cotton Bowl date with an SEC underachiever (hear that, LSU?) surely awaits.

But all is not well in Stoops land. Oregon State stayed alive in the Rose Bowl hunt with a last-second win over the perennially gutless Arizona Wildcats, now coached by Bob's brother Mike Stoops. If the Beavs can overcome the perennially overrated Oregon Ducks in the Civil War, ASU's Operation Poinsettia may morph into Operation Vegas. Here's the scenario:

* Oregon State wins in Eugene and snags a Rose Bowl bid by virtue of the Beavs' win over USC.
* USC, bumped from the Rose but clearly still a BCS-quality team, lands in the Fiesta. All bowl-eligible Pac-10 teams step up a notch.
* The #3 and #4 Pac-10 bowl slots go to Oregon (Holiday) and Cal (Sun).
* ASU suddenly becomes the #5 Pac-10 team with season-ending wins against UCLA and the demoralized Wildcats. Vegas, baby!

Meanwhile, it was good news/bad news for Ted Kim's BC Eagles, who took care of business against Wake Forest but lost QB Chris Crane to a broken collarbone. Those Boston QBs just can't stay healthy this year.